Dr. Evan Jones

Dr. Evan Jones BCom Melb. MA Mich. State. PhD Mich. State

Dr Evan Jones joined the Economics Faculty in 1973 and taught in the Political Economy program until 2005. Past publications have been oriented to the political economy of industry and economic policy, Australian economic development, and the methodology and sociology of the economics discipline.

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The current Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Consumer protection in the banking, insurance and finance sector held hearings in Sydney on Tuesday 26 April. Dr. Evan Jones reports.

The federal Coalition’s 2017 budget has unexpectedly proposed a levy on the liabilities of Australia’s biggest banks (the Big 4 plus Macquarie). The levy will be at 0.06% on all funding raised, other than for (guaranteed) deposits under $250,000.

Bank Litigation Judgments of Interest to Bank Victims

Susan Kiefel has recently been elevated as Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. She was sworn in as Chief Justice on 30 January. Kiefel was appointed to the Queensland Supreme Court in 1993, and to the Federal Court of Australia in 1994. She has been a High Court Justice since September 2007. Writes Dr. Evan Jones

On Monday 21 November, Bank Reform Now held a rally on the grass in front of Parliament House. The group had to compete with a sizeable contingent of Falun Gong members highlighting the ongoing plight of their movement in China.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME, I HAVE BEEN HEARING BANK VICTIM STORIES SINCE 2000 - THAT'S 16 YEARS, I AM IN THE RARE POSITION TO UNDERSTAND BOTH THE CHARACTER OF BANK MALPRACTICE AND ITS SCALE. ITS SCALE IS OF COURSE ENORMOUS. BUT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY NOW WOULD BE KNOWN TO ALL VICTIMS HERE.

"Trust is at the heart of banking. It's not good enough if trust or good ethics exist in the vast majority of the organisation, you've got to do your best to get it right across the organisation."

The Commonwealth Bank initiated the Comminsure scam because they got away with the BankWest, ColonialFirstState and StormFinancial scams. Turnbull's claims that we don't need a banking royal commission are farcical, says Dr Evan Jones.